● Plumbing · water heaters · softeners · pumps
The water heater is the most predictable piece of equipment of all trades: 8 to 12 years of life, and most home insurers require its replacement around 10-12 years. Whoever calls the customer in the right year collects the replacement — with no competing quote.
What Byrsia tracks for you
| Equipment / service | The real cycle | The revenue that sleeps |
|---|---|---|
| Water heater (tank) | 8-12 years of life · insurer pressure at 10-12 years | Replacement $1,200-2,500 |
| Tankless water heater | Annual flush/descaling recommended | Service $150-250 per year |
| Water softener | Periodic check + salt + resin | Recurring service + consumables |
| Sump pump | Test before the snowmelt, every spring | Seasonal visit + replacement at 5-10 years |
| Backwater valve | Periodic inspection (often required by insurers) | Recurring visit |
Indicative orders of magnitude for Quebec — your prices remain yours: each company sets up its own catalogue in Byrsia. Nothing here is a promise of revenue.
Why it works in your trade
For a water heater, the installation date alone predicts the replacement year — and the insurance argument gets the phone picked up. Byrsia reads your invoices, finds those dates, and tells you who to call this year.
Sump pumps in spring, tankless flushes, softener salt: so many annual appointments that become recurring contracts once the registry is in place.
“Your water heater is 10 years old — most insurers ask for its replacement, and water damage costs ten times more.” That is not pressure selling: it is a service.
Questions from installers
No. Send your invoices in bulk (PDF, photos, QuickBooks/Sage exports, Excel): the AI extracts the customer, the equipment, the date and the warranty, and builds the registry; anything it is not sure about goes into a validation queue. You check.
Yes, with your name, phone number, logo and colours depending on the plan. The customer replies to you, not to Byrsia.
They show up in the “To contact” list with their phone number and a call script; the text-message version copies in one click from your phone.
How we start: send us 50 installation invoices, in any format — within 24 hours, you receive your sample registry rebuilt by AI and the quantified potential of YOUR data. Free, no commitment, and your invoices stay confidential (Law 25 compliance, public policy).
Get my registry in 24 h 📅 Book a demo (20 min)Useful guides: does the warranty require annual maintenance? · maintenance reminder email templates · Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan or Byrsia?
Byrsia for a specific need: automatic maintenance reminders · maintenance contracts · manufacturer warranties · installer CRM
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